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The gesture was aimed at Mayfield, who in 2017 tried to impale an Oklahoma flag into the turf at Ohio Stadium after leading the Sooners to a win over the Buckeyes.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 8, 2019

They evolved near the base of the ant family tree and sported sharp, sickle-shaped tusks that may have slammed upward to impale other insects.

From Science Magazine ● May 23, 2019

In any case, it’s an environment that you move around in, not some map you impale with little pins.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 30, 2018

“As soon as you impale that apple on the nail, decay begins,” Viancour says.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 19, 2017

I watched, certain that it was about to impale itself on the broken limb, but the jagged spear of hard wood barely dimpled its chest before splintering.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

“Prey” dangles and impales oak-tree chunks on a black steel frame, suggesting technology’s role in subjugating nature.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2021

The Doctors Dr. Ordon’s coronavirus diagnosis and road to recovery; a toothbrush impales child; children’s teeth reveal emotional trauma; instant eye de-puffer; hospice care; liver cancer risk.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2020

But suck it up, because next is a pure songwriting masterclass in “Shrike,” which is titled after a bird that impales insects on thorns.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 4, 2019

“Emperor of Mongolia, Emperor of China,” he roars, “I will be Emperor of the world!”–and impales a map with his sword.

From Time ● Dec. 11, 2014

The left hand holds the pastoral staff, the point of which impales a winged dragon, with a sphinx-like head, at his feet.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Exeter A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Percy Addleshaw

That’s when the Yankees impaled themselves on their pinstripes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2024

Local fire department personnel and state police responded early Saturday to find the animal not impaled on the structure but unable to get its belly and rear legs over the top.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2022

At Kochi, which is not affiliated with Hand Hospitality, every course is impaled on a skewer, whether it needs it or not.

From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2022

A "miraculously lucky" farmer who survived being impaled through the abdomen by a tine on his forklift truck has thanked medics who saved his life.

From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2021

He saw the bones of a thousand other dreamers impaled upon their points.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

An American, 47, reportedly tried to climb over a fence in Piazza del Colosseo, presumably to get a closer look at the Colosseum, before falling and impaling himself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2025

The new 0.6-mile route replaces one general traffic lane of West Marginal Way Southwest with waist-high concrete dividers for the two-way bike lane, along with yellow-and-black steel attenuators that prevent drivers from impaling their cars.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2023

The insect-eating birds have beaks like swords, appropriate for stabbing and impaling insects.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Oltmann also added during his podcast that he could have been worse off, but he was already taking the antibiotic doxycycline after accidentally impaling himself with an arrow at his brother's house.

From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2021

When the railroad police came through the train, impaling the haystacks to flush out stowaways, the trainers packed the boys into tack trunks.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand